ConTeXt System Documentation (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 27
keywords: macro programming, ConTeXt, api, general, documentation
abstract: A new website exists that contains documentation
for the lower-level ConTeXt macros. The URL for this website is
http://tex.aanhet.net/context. This website also contains a full
mirror of the pragma-ade website.
08.pdf (19kb)

Maarten Wisse

Hacking TeX4ht for XML Output (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 28-35
keywords:abstract: This article explains how the author employs the TeX4ht
convertor to manage multiple format (XML and PDF) output
from a single Latex source by writing a TeX4ht configuration
file and a Latex class file. Furthermore, it is explained
how TeX4ht and the new OpenOffice package can be used to
create a new Latex to MS Word convertor.
09.pdf (63kb)

Karel H Wesseling, Hans Hagen

TeXExec User's Guide (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 36-52
keywords:abstract: This guide describes the uses and options of the
texexec program that is available in the ConTeXt distribution. The
options are invoked by calls on a command line, which are words
preceded by two hyphens as in --make.
There are options for running ConTeXt on your TeX file to produce
printable output, options to specify languages, an option to make
listings of (software program) files word for word, options for
conditional execution, for selecting pages to print, for printing on
differently sized paper, for directing your output to a particular
file, for conversion of SGML and XML to TeX. If it is no problem to
you to use a command line and to occasionally look things up in the
help file or in this user s guide, you will find texexec to be a
useful, even indispensable tool for ConTeXt.
10.pdf (114kb)

Wybo Dekker

The ctable package for use with LaTeX2e (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 53-58
keywords:abstract: The ctable package lets you easily typeset centered,
captioned table and figure floats with optional footnotes. Both caption and footnotes will be forced within the width
of the table.
11.pdf (39kb)

vpp -- View and (selectively) Print PDF and
PostScript (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 65-68
keywords: view, print, PDF, PostScript
abstract: vpp displays a PDF document or a PostScript
document (after conversion to pdf) using gv, xpdf, or acrobat reader
(in that order of choice), or perhaps another pdf viewer. One can use
the viewer to print the document but, alternatively, leave the viewer
and use vpp's facilities to print selected pages to a one- or
two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet.
13.pdf (35kb)

Frans
Goddijn, Karel H Wesseling

Shifted bullets in graphs with
MetaPost (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 69-72
keywords:abstract: With MetaPost fully integrated in ConTeXt using
this graphic language has become convenient. When we tried to use John
Hobby's `graph.mp' package, however, it turned out to require extra
initializations and to produce unacceptable, shifted data
graphs. Solutions to both problems are given.
14.pdf (36kb)

Karel H Wesseling

A letterhead in ConTeXt (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 73-79
keywords: non-guru, ConTeXt, MetaPost, layers, mode command
abstract: For years I have used a home-made logo in Pictex
within LaTeX, together with name and address as letterhead. Separate
versions for myself and my wife were pre-printed on an HP 300 DPI
Laserjet. With MetaPost fully integrated in ConTeXt, we decided to
convert to MetaPost and print the letterhead with each letter
automatically. I used the versatile ConTeXt layer mechanism and the
mode option.
15.pdf (227kb)

Fabrice Popineau

Practical MetaPost (English), MAPS 28, 2002, 80-85
keywords:abstract: In this article, I will explain how to practically use
MetaPost. This program is very different from usual drawing
programs, but it fits very well in a TeX based typesetting
system.
16.pdf (230kb)